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    why does xop perform so badly?

    I bought 1000 shares of xop in 2015, at that time the oil price is around 50. I has been holding it ever since. now the oil price is higher than in 2015, but xop only worths 15. I lost 37000 on the 1000 shares. why is xop so bad?
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    When your broker's quotes stop working...

    do you providre api trading access?
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    how far could the market go down?

    thanks. I also made some money going long last week.
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    how far could the market go down?

    how can you make money with 90% long?
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    how far could the market go down?

    I guess 2500 will be the next target.
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    does hidden order that provides liquidity receives rebates from exchange?

    does hidden order that provides liquidity receives rebates?
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    is there prop firm for currency day trading?

    anyone knows reputed prop firms for currency day trading?
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    Playing the after hours market with expiring options

    do you know IB's cut time for option exercise?
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    Playing the after hours market with expiring options

    so if I buy 1 tsla 750 call, at 4pm, it is 749.5, so it expires out of the money. but after market it goes to 751, so I can ask broker to exercise the option (i get 100 shares)? how about if after the 4pm, tsla goes further down to 748, can I still ask broker to exercise the option( even though...
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    Playing the after hours market with expiring options

    i once sold a put option, it is out of money at 4pm, but after the market, it moves down a lot, made the option in the money. in the end, the option did not expire worthless if calculated using 4pm, it is exercised which gave me a big loss.
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    Playing the after hours market with expiring options

    the question is what price is the broker uses to exercise the option? 4pm close or 5:15pm or 8:00pm?
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    Playing the after hours market with expiring options

    if you buy the option, you mean to sell the option in after-hours? but the option exchange is closed after 4:00pm. or you buy the option at 3:50pm, you then short the stock after hours?
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    where to download Level 1 Historical data?

    level 1 historical data,including NBBO bid and ask, plus trades.
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    where to download Level 1 Historical data?

    I need level 1 data which should includes NBBO, trades and timestamp.
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    My order was not filled at ISLAND

    the bid and ask is 4.10X4.40, I submitted an hidden order to short 200 shares at $4.39, the order was sent to ISLAND. But when I looked at the Time and sale window on TWS, there were 400-share trades on ISLAND on 4.40, but my short at 4.39 was not filled, why? is that because my order is hidden...
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    do I have priority to be filled in this scenario?

    suppose the bid ask now is 20.01X20.05. I submit a buy order to buy 50 shares at 20.02. since my share is less than 100, the NBBO (bid and ask) does not change. suppose the NBBO bid occurs on ISLAND, but my odd share order is sitting on ARCA. when someone tries to hit the bid at NBBO, who has...
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    what is the exchange FINRA?

    some orders were filled at ISLAND, ARCA, NYSE, but some orders filled at FINRA, what is it? in IB, when submitting an order, i can select exchange to send the order, but there is no FINRA option.
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    Are brokerages supposed to compensate for system outages?

    in 2008, my order was expired but still filled by IB. I lost 8000 due to this, IB compensated 4000.
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    IB sent me email asking for routine interview, what is it?

    not yet. all my accounts+managed accounts under other's name got same email. will call them in a few days to see. i got the email possibly one or two months, just ignored them so far.
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